Zen Advisory Partners - Overview

Zen Advisory Partners

Start, build, grow, exit. Every business is somewhere on the journey and needs some help from time to time. Whether you are trying to ramp up sales, create new growth initiatives, build better operational processes, explore funding options, or search for quality tuck-in acquisitions, we can help.

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Startup Mentoring Services

Through our engagement with Launch NY (www.launchny.org), we identify, support, and mentor high-growth, high-impact companies and help catalyze the entrepreneurial culture to drive job and wealth creation in Upstate New York.

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Buy-Side Advisory Services

Our buy-side advisory services are helping small businesses and corporate M&A departments source highly qualified investment and buyout opportunities. By growing through acquisition, your company can expand its product and service offerings, quickly increase market share, and improve financial metrics by leveraging synergies.

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Principal’s Bio

Steve Nicosia, President and CEO, founded Zen Advisory Partners in 2015. Previously, Steve was an angel investor and advisor to several startup companies. From 2004 to 2014, Steve served as a General Manager at Emphasys Software where he helped grow the treasury management division through acquisitions and organic growth initiatives. Prior, Steve was part owner of Application Oriented Designs, Inc (AOD), where he held several roles including planning and executing the exit strategy for this privately held software company. Steve received a BA in Management with a concentration in MIS from St. John Fisher College, and he received his CPA from the State of Delaware.